A giant translucent buddha made of green jade has been touring the world. It's nearly 2-and-a-half metres tall, and weighs 4.4 tonnes. Now, it has reached its final destination ahead of an unveiling on Friday, the regional Victorian town of Bendigo. ...

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In this episode, Alex Mann investigates how Australia's alt-right movement is covertly influencing mainstream politics. He tracks operatives from a secretive fight club in Sydney to the moment one member was elected to the NSW executive of the Young Nationals. He also confronts the men ...

There has been a genocide against Indigenous peoples around the world, but they have a history of resistance. First peoples are demanding political and moral authority, that historically has been denied them, over their own communities. Due to copyright we cant offer a stream or download of this ...

Generations of Indigenous children in Canada have grown up without the basic determinants of health: clean water, safe houses, supportive families. Exacerbating this is a disconnection from their culture and language, due to forced removal from their land. Due to copyright we cant offer a ...

Neither Indigenous nor white - thats a very difficult space to live in. Robbing Indigenous people of their cultural identity forces them into a kind of no man's land. And all too often its a space of abuse and hurt. Due to copyright we cant offer a stream or download of this lecture series. You can ...

Tanya Talaga explores the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples and in this talk she looks at the important role land and being able to live off the land plays. Due to copyright we cant offer a stream or download of this lecture series. You can access the audio from the . Speaker Tanya ...